[PATCH 2/2] Allow for missing or disabled compat_output

Michel Dänzer michel at daenzer.net
Fri Feb 26 00:03:24 PST 2010


On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 12:46 -0800, Keith Packard wrote: 
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:16:47 -0500, Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net> wrote:
> 
> > This bit is really lame.  compat_output never changes for the life of
> > the server;
> 
> Yes, it can. SetCompatOutput is called every time a client asks for the
> current RandR mode list.

That may be too late though in some cases, see the bug report I
referenced before. Could it be done whenever 'something' about the
current compat output changes?


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